tides
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2nd, That before the present land was made, there had subsisted a world composed of sea and land, in which were tides and currents, with such operations at the bottom of the sea as now take place.
4. Berm : Nearly horizontal portion that stays dry except during extremely high tides and storms.
Abu Ma'shar discussed the effects of wind and moon's phases relative to the sun on the tides.
According to Strabo (1.1.9), Seleucus was the first to link tides to the lunar attraction, and that the height of the tides depends on the moon's position relative to the sun.
Additionally, red tides are not typically associated with tidal movement of water, hence the preference among scientists to use the term algal bloom.
Already, Bryggen is regularly flooded at extreme tides, and it is feared that as sea levels rise, floods will become a major problem in Bergen.